Mr. Speaker, I am convinced that all members of the House are glad to see that the appointment of a mediator in the Port of Montreal dispute has paid off by allowing the employees to go back to work this morning while leaving the door open to a negotiated settlement.
My question is for the Minister of Labour. Given the success of mediation in the Port of Montreal dispute, where talks had dragged on for 25 months, why is the government stubbornly rejecting mediation combined with a return to work for the railways, as the official opposition has been proposing since Monday?